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August 2011

Caulobacter crescentus. From Wikipedia

Only 12% of the genetic material in bacteria is essential for life

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Binimino Perlagrasso - hen and chicks. A 19th century painting by a painter who died in 1902 and is therefore in the public domain. From Wikimedia

The first crocodile-crocodile: the scientist who turned a chicken into a crocodile in the laboratory

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The white moth Biston betularia that became extinct due to the soot that covered the trees during the industrial revolution and was replaced by a black moth. From Wikipedia

A few words for the skeptics

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The evolution of the crustaceans. Exhibit at the Royal Ontario Museum, Canada. From Wikipedia

Evolution or bievolution?

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A single crystal of an organic semiconductor material in polarized light. It is twice as fast as the organic material from which it is derived. The length of the white lines used as a scale - 10 microns

An effective method for developing foldable displays

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Yossi Hazan demonstrates his work to study candidates as part of an "open day" at the Ariel campus

From the Ariel campus - to judge an international robotics competition

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The LHCb facility in Sarn. From the CERN website

The LHCb experiment is on the way to discovering deviations from the standard model

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CERN's Cosmic Rays and Clouds Experiment. Illustration: CERN

Axis experiments provide unprecedented information regarding cloud formation

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Dr. Todd Ryder, MIT, developed the antiviral drug DRACO. Photo PR: MIT

Researchers at MIT have developed a technique to cure a wide variety of viral diseases

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The Cassini spacecraft captured this image of Saturn's moon Hyperion on August 25, 2011. Photo: NASA/Caltech

On Thursday, August 25, Cassini imaged Saturn's moon Hyperion

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Catalyst operation for hydrogen gas storage. Figure: US Department of Energy

A new catalyst for hydrogen gas storage

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A diagram of the pulsar system and the planet PSR J1719-1438 which has an orbital period of 5.7 milliseconds at its center, and is surrounded by a planet compared to the Sun (in yellow). Image: Credit: Swinburne Astronomy Productions, Swinburne University of Technology

A star turned into a diamond

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The remains of Tycho's supernova. From Wikipedia - Type Ia supernova. From Wikipedia

Vast as the cosmos, bright as a supernova: new light on exploding stars

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Airport security checks from Wikipedia

A journey to the sub-science - the mathematics of the security inspection / Roy Tsezana

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African elephant. From Wikipedia.

A new foundation for the protection of elephants

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American astronaut Sandy Magnus, of the Space Shuttle Atlantis crew, during the completion of the Strauss Water Purification Newsi in space and securing it in the storage compartment prior to landing. (Photo: NASA)

The launch of an Israeli biological experiment will be delayed following the crash of the Progress spacecraft

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XNUMXD visualization of the adenine molecule. From Wikipedia

New information regarding the genetic material adenine

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The Progress 44 spacecraft was launched from the Baikonur Space Center, shortly after launch it crashed. August 24, 2011 Photo: NASA TV

The Progress model supply spacecraft destined for the space station crashed minutes after launch

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Illustration of the distribution of dark matter in the universe, 800 million years after the big bang. Figure: The Marenostrum Numerical Cosmology Project

The mode of cosmological evolution of dark matter is the same as that of visible matter

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Simulation of the human brain with the help of an IBM supercomputer. Image: Stanford University

Silicon following the human brain: IBM unveiled cognitive computer chips

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Michal Rosenthal, director of the marketing communications department at Bezeq together with Moshe Ostrovsky - photo by Shuka Cohen - PR photo on behalf of Bezeq

Bezeq sends the first Israeli tourist into space

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The life cycle of the fruit fly. Image: University of Melbourne

The right measure: how correct proportions are maintained between the developing fetal organs

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A minefield in the Golan Heights. From Wikipedia

A new device for detecting explosive vapors

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nanowires. Photo: University of Michigan

Law and order: The institute's scientists succeeded in growing long and orderly nanowires

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Givat Ram campus of the Hebrew University. From the university website

Shanghai ranking: The Hebrew University jumped to 57th place * The Technion is a leader in computer science

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